Papatoetoe 17 Liston 15

Tricky weather conditions meant that it was never going to be a day for running rugby, but the conditions should have played into Papatoetoe's hands given the size of their forward pack. Sadly the Papatoetoe team took too long to follow their game plan and let their forwards drive close to the ruck which made this a much closer game than it should have been.

Three tries were scored by Greg Foe, Danny Olive and Lutui Mauala which was pleasing as was the defence which restricted Liston to only 5 penalty kicks and they never looked like making a clean break through the Papatoetoe line.

There were many positives from the game but if Papatoetoe are to mount a serious challenge on the 1B competition they must start following their game plan from the start of each game as there are much tougher challenges ahead.